§ 530. In matters of rhyme the letter h counts as nothing. _High_ and _I_, _hair_ and _air_, are imperfect rhymes, because h (being no articulate sound) counts as nothing, and so the parts before the vowel i and a are not different (as they ought to be) but identical. Whose generous children narrow'd not their hearts With commerce, giv'n alone to arms and arts.--BYRON. § 531. Words where the letters coincide, but the sounds differ, are only rhymes to the eye. _Breathe_ and _beneath_ are both in this predicament; so also are _cease_ and _ease_ (_eaze_). In the fat age of pleasure, wealth, and ease, Sprang the rank weed, and thrived with large increase.--POPE. § 532. If the sounds coincide, the difference of the letters is unimportant. Bold in the practice of mistaken rules, Prescribe, apply, and call their masters fools. They talk of principles, but notions prize, And all to one loved folly sacrifice.--POPE. § 533. _Single rhymes._--An accented syllable standing by itself, and coming under the conditions given above, constitutes a single rhyme. 'Tis hard to say if greater want of _skill_ Appear in writing or in judging _ill_; But of the two, less dangerous is the of_fence_ To tire the patience than mislead the _sense_. Some few in that, but thousands err in _this_; Ten censure wrong, for one that writes a_miss_.--POPE. § 534. _Double rhymes._--An accented syllable followed by an unaccented one, and coming under the conditions given above, constitutes a double rhyme. The meeting points the sacred hair dis_sever_ From her fair head for ever and for _ever_.--POPE. Prove and explain a thing till all men _doubt it_, And write about it, Goddess, and _about it_.--POPE. § 535. An accented syllable followed by two unaccented ones, and coming under the conditions given above, constitutes a treble rhyme. Beware that its fatal a_scéndancy_ Do not tempt thee to mope and repine; With a humble and hopeful de_péndency_ Still await the good pleasure divine. Success in a higher be_átitude_, Is the end of what's under the Pole; A philosopher takes it with _grátitude_, And believes it the best on the whole.--BYRON. § 536. Metres where there is no rhyme are called blank metres. Of man's first disobedience and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing, Heavenly Muse!--MILTON.